We woke up really morning the next day in Wiesbaden, had our breakfast and headed to the train station at 7:30 AM to catch the train to Amsterdam. they journey is 5 hours with one change half the way in Köln Station. The train Scheduled at 8:15, we entered the train in the first class 2:30 hours and then we had to stop to catch the other train, having a transfer time up to 45 minutes. While we were in the train I went out of the cabin to take some pics next to the outer window. Then a German guy cam out of his cabin and told me you should turn off your flash to get clear picture. and then we started talking mostly the whole time, until we reached to our first stop.  Then me and my friend left the train on our way heading to the Lounge in Köln Station to spend the 45 minutes there. and while we were walking my friend shouted “MY BAG”!!!! I said WHAT? she said I forgot my bag in the train!!!!!! Well I was really shocked and started panicking! she ran upstairs and left her suitcase with me. I tried to tell her that the train already left as I watched it moving the while we were going downstairs! but she didn’t hear me! our day mostly ruined! we supposed to reach Amsterdam at 1:00 PM it was Saturday ”Dec 31, 2011″ and we wanted to get a prepaid card for our iPhones before the shop closes at 5:30 PM. and since the second day “Sunday” the mobile shop will be close the whole day! and we wanted to be prepared for the new year 😦 but Guess what happened?? I didn’t find my friend! I went with our luggages all around me bushing them with my two hands and a backpack in my back and I was really feeling miserable! I went to the lost and found claim office and told them about what happened,  and asked them to call the train to take the bag before someone else take it. I’ve provided them with our seating numbers, and cabin number and all the information needed. I glances my watch and figure out that there is only 15 minutes left for the next train! after like 5 minutes they told me that the guy on the train found the bag and he is going to leave it in the train station they are stopping in. I was really in a hurry and not to miss the other train. I thought we should leave the bag with them and claim it when we come back from Amsterdam. The bag which is basically contain all her Money, Passport and other stuff! I went up the stairs using the lift with the luggages to exit number 5 where our next train supposed to leave from there. I was expecting to find my friend there since I’ve told her from the begging the timing and number of our next train. but I was shocked when I reached up there that my friend wasn’t there 😦 I was calling her loudly with her name. bla bla bla. until the train moved just in front of me and my face was filled with my tears :””(     I went down again disappointed searching for my friend. After about 15 minutes I heard the voice of my friend, she was talking in the microphone in the information center, calling me and asking me if I hear here to go to the information center. I went running there, and here we go she was standing there and I was like @@ where the hell are you????? To cut a long long story short, I told her that they were able to find her bag and she supposed to be waiting for me next to exit number 5. Surprisingly she told me she were waiting there and didn’t find me! The station that the bag should be in is Paderborn. We went to the Ticket Center and book other ticket to Paderborn and again from there to Amsterdam since our previous tickets are non refundable non changeable! I’ve paid the extra money and told my friend that she should return the full amount since it wasn’t my fault. It took us 1:30 minutes to reach Paderborn from Köln. We went to the Information center in Paderborn to claim the bag. and they told us they have not receive anything today! I was like WHAT! and then after Further discussion with them they decided to call the train again and check. The guy who took the bag told them that he wasn’t able to leave the bag here in Parerborn cause the we they arrive here he didn’t find any of the staff in the information center and he had to take the bag with him to Hamburg 😦 I was burning from the inside ! They told us we have to wait for the train coming from Hamburg to claim the bag and then use the same train to go to Amsterdam. We waited in the train station for 4 hours waiting for the train coming from Hamburg and couldn’t go outside the train station because we are with our luggages and it was ranging heavily outside.

We had to wait in this cafe shop, and sat there, drink some coffee, until it started closing  2 hours before our next train!!!!!

The train came backlate 15 minutes above the scheduled time. and we’ve received the bag. This train is not going directly to AMSTERDAM it should stop and then we change with the last train to Amsterdam from Germany. but since it was late we missed the last train. and Then I started crying loudly, that all my plans was ruined for the New Year and that even though we wake up very early in the morning not to miss the train, we did miss the other train because of my friend forgetting her bag !  I felt that she was careless and I told her she should be more responsible.

We went to the information center to ask them for a solution since we miss the last train, and there were like 8 people going to Amsterdam from different trains missed the last train as well! they gave us a voucher to use the TAXI going to Amsterdam. we went all in two Taxies heading to Amsterdam and reached there after 2 hours. it was 11:55 PM just 5 minutes before the New Year! and the people are all other the center with the fireworks all over the place. The Taxi was lost and couldn’t move with this crowd to take us to the hotel. I decided finally that we should take our luggages out of the TAXI and celebrate with the people and find away later to go to the hotel. and indeed the people there were really friendly, everyone was staring at us while we were walking with our suitcases. Happy New Year they said to us. :  ) they made the rest of my day! We stayed celebrating for un hour in the street in the open air. and then started waling searching for the hotel with no Taxies in our sight. We reached the hotel later at 2:30 AM. Ohhhhhhh what a day!